Title: Optimize int operations by mutating uniquely-referenced operands in place (JIT only) · Issue #146640 · python/cpython · GitHub
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Description: Feature or enhancement Proposal: When the tier 2 optimizer can prove that an operand to a int binary operation is uniquely referenced, we can mutate it in place instead of allocating a new object. This avoids a an int allocation and the ...
Open Graph Description: Feature or enhancement Proposal: When the tier 2 optimizer can prove that an operand to a int binary operation is uniquely referenced, we can mutate it in place instead of allocating a new object. ...
X Description: Feature or enhancement Proposal: When the tier 2 optimizer can prove that an operand to a int binary operation is uniquely referenced, we can mutate it in place instead of allocating a new object. ...
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